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Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
\ SINGULAR BATTLE.
Vast Armies Engaged in Mortal Combat l
 Without Weapons.

Vast Armies Engaged in Mortal Combat
 Without Weapons.
 The whole country lyIng to the north Of Mexico was at the time of the ar rival of the Spsniards almost unknown to the Mexicsns. The northern con fines of the Azlec empire extended but little beyond the great valley of Mexico and there Aztec civilization termInstsj,
 The mountainous regions beyond were inhabited by various tribes of wild say ages, known by Jhe name of Chichimecs. Dependent on ibe chase for their sub sIstence, these people had DO settled dwelling place. but ruamed over vast unknown territory, from time to time making inroads into tine Tich districts Of the south.
 Iu his second volume ol the history of Mexico, Hubert Howe Bancroft gives uu interesting account Of perhaps the most singular battle reorded m the history of any country; one Of the en- gagements Oi thirty years war waged asaiust the sAvases. On the 25.h of lll. ADnHls AAE su NLt Der of twenty five thousand were posted on hill, which Is knONn as Sangremsl. Cons picuous among theIr chiefs were Wolf and Coyote, as cunning as they were strong. The MeIi,an forces eu- tIrely surrounded the bill. The Chich- imecs possessed the advantage Tn regard to position; the MeIicans in regard to weapons.
 70, you brave men, peTebed upon & hill," cried San Luls de Montansz, the Mexican commander; Come down and fight II you are not Afraid!'
 "Very fair, no doubt, you renegsdes and dogs of Spsniards," returned Co vote, Hay aside your borrowed weapons End we will come down."
 Wild, and uncouth, and beHstly ss you are" said San Luis, we gre a match for you with no weapons at all See; we will lay them all sside, and you can heap yours beside them and place a susrd over both. Come onr And so iG was agreed. And st it they went with hands, feet snd teeth only. with the understanding that the conquered should remain subject to the TictOrs. The struggle which followed was Bs savage and sAnguinsry AS the nature of It wss exceptional, and lasted from early dawn tIll sunset. As exhausted combstaEts sank to the ground, others pressed fiercely forward. Among the mutilated forms and bloOd-covered faces II was often impossible to distinguish friend from foe. or the ferociOus fighters, Wolf and Coyote were conspicuous for their strength: and when late in the day victory was with the invaders, they alone es,sped. shouting their defiance with threats to return in half moon vith s fresh force.
 "Civilization." observes the historian, "cBlls It progress Rs more effective death deFling implements are invented; may 1t not Rs truthfully be called progress when all weapons for the busche'y of human beings are laid aslde?'
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
BusIne-. Done by Big s,ore..

An idea of the extensive. indeed enormous, busineSs done in some of the big stores may b. obtained by the statement that a popular up town natter considers it a small Satur- day" that he does not tl..e in over his couu- ter S2, sUO. not Co mention his regular or ac- count custom; dry goods store sn Sixth avenue yields between S1,jDu and sc}.55J a day; drug store in a pupulOus nei-hhor hood receives Sl. SJJ per day, news stand in one of the hotels Is worth between SIIJ and $500 per day; a celebrated oyster saloon takes in ordinarily Sl. 2JO per day. and C, 500 Saturday afternoons and evening". Gn up town hotel cab stand takes in ordi- nariiy S200 and S2jO, but as high as SJlJ tn good sleighing times, a hotel barrOom of the art gallery order takes in S1OO per day ordinarily and as high as Sl .jOJ on parade days while an ordinary but generally popular one takes in $iJO Co $500 without fail A liquor saloon with restaurant at tache,l for gentlemen only averages $500 Der day, while there Is a model beer SaIOon ou side strect that k good any day for $50 There is jewelry store thnt frequently takes in at this holiday season as much as S1j, OUO. 6 picture and art emporium that does not take in interest or expenses for several days together, but then makes the sale Of Cele- brated panting at the profit Of thousands - New York TimeS.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
s,rURDAY. MARCH. F. 1887.

C-osr1r following the general cleo last November, the CITIZEN com
 .,si A most persistent and determln- s .r,rt 10 re awaken Tn our people the
 ,ss;ty for cooperation in the devel-
 .,.-, of some of the natural resources ~. sr-round our clty upon every side. VI. had often referred to these oppor- ...;,;4s ID the past, but the public mind mn. then in a condition to accept ,..su order of things that now meets -,,b such general favor. We present
 ,,,.s to show the cost of cultivating .I.,,,' the profits of its intelligent oul- ,bs most feasible methods and the
 -,,-.u-!;ies for irrigRting enterprises. ,.,-.,, these four months, there have -, no less than five distinct irrigating ,..,brs tsken out nes- this city, and
 ,osny more are undergoing
 .bs minsry stages of develop
 .,, s1d still the field IS not exhaust
 Frgy ten thousand acres of rich ..sbra land will be brought under 8 -.-y b,.h state of cultivation by these ,.r vslusble enterprises, and the exam -l.of ,less pioneers of the good work ,,fI vsry soon attract others until the p,,n, that has made Southern California ,5st II Is to-day vill be felt with a ,,rouser and more permanent force ,bro1gbout all of southern Arizona. We are gratifed that our efforts have borne this good fruit, for VIC can see Tn ii the beginning of the redemption of our beautiful land of sunshine and the creation of a new paradise that will ex- cite the envy and admiration of the world. This IS no visionary prophecy, nor an unreasonable dream. The solid basis of tangible cause is bound 10 produce tbIs logical effect. w. have sn abundance of rich soil that will grow almost anything that flourish es in the semi-:ropicsl and temperate zones. and tbs necessary water for irri- gstion car be easily obtained n great abundance. We possess 8 climate that hss no equal under the sun, and all that is required for full realization of the bright picture We have painted, is the properly directed and intelligent efforts ct cur people 10 adjust these magical elements ID its simple creation. The eIperlments already made give ample assurance of the success of the new ven lures ID retaining the country. and these iu turn will give such encourage nent to new enterprises aud energies that the utmost sttsinments of science and skill will eventually bring into use the most forlorn and forbiddIng DOT tons of our land that now strain ones ereduhty to conceive Is st all better than nothing. We are grstifed to witness the progress that has sprung up amongst some of our people like 6 spontaneous and We feel a pardonsble prde that our efforts to urge the peo- pie on to these things, will work so much good to eur city and to the territory II large.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
Lead Ores Recom ng Scarce

Chicago Mining Reviev:-Lsad ore is daily becoming sesrcer in tLe great min ing regions of the West, and even now lead ores SO low in ths; metal are smelt- cd that few years ago were no; thought profitable to smelt Copper has ID a measure taken the place O' lead ss 6 medium Of collecting tue precious mel sls. More huXes, limestone and iron are being used; in other words the smelters are gradually improving their methods and chespening their opera tions. The drain on the lead deposit' n enormous, because the smelters rarely do thelr own refining, but send tbeir lead bullion directly East to the reiners' thus none of the lead goes back into the smelter, as it does IF Germany, but goes to the market for consumption. It i' not possible that the supply of lead ores will long hold out, yet II is positive truth that there will be left in the mines enormous supplies of low grade ore. too poor in lead to smelt proitsbly.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
A Narrow Escape.
iMDhave Minerl

On last Friday morning while Messrs. Dave Parks and Newt. Shell were work ing on the Dean mine at Wallspni Noun tain, an accident happened to the for mer which very nearly cost him his life. He was preparing to descend the shaft. which is fifty feet deep, ID the usual miners fashion Of placing one foot Tn the loop of & rope attached to the wind lass, when by some means he overoal' auced himself and slipped down The shaft feet foremost. As be went down he was fortunate enough to grasp the loon of the wIndlass rope with one hand. The sudden strain on the rope Ierked the windlass handle out of SnelIs hand, striking him on the shoulder and side of the head. and knocking him several feet, As quickly co possible She'll thre" himself bodily on the wIndlass, stopping it almost as quickly as 1t startSd. The sudden stopping of the wIndiass hsd the effect of turning Parks completely upside down. he being Bt the moment sbout two thirds down, causing him to lose his hold on the rope and thfo"lng him to the bottom. Parks struck on ms shoulder. which was badly bruised, ou1 otherwise was unhurt. Considering that Parks Is over 6l years ot age, he IS certainly to be congratulated on Dis lucky escape.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

GOVERNOR TORRES, of Sonora, has taken the most active interest in the unfortunate affsir at Nogales, and is giving his personal attention Co the ex- ecu.,on of his orders for the arrest of who were the principal offenders. The z veraor possesses a high sense of honor and jushce, but we feel somewhat partial to him. perhaps, because he vas educated at our own Yale college, and consequently he has intuitively imhi0ed some of the spirit of our grand govern urut and institutions, the practice of which rebounds to hs honor in any country.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
EVERY resident of the c,,r q, n-.

EVERY resident of the city of rnc.or has mining claim. That is. tba nm,
 Der os claims located and held bv ras;- dents of the city will average one to each male person. The grest cos, ot shipping ores to reduction works n, distance permits only the best prodpcts or the mines to be utilized. The vss, quantity of low grade ore now upon hnn. dreds of dumps, possesses no present value, because there is no cheap method ot taking out the precious metals that are ID them. With a smelter erected in thIs city every mining claim located within radius of fifty miles would be worked, and the result would be the dis. tribution Of large sums of money smono class ot men who will not hoard it up. but spend it m the further pros ecuuon of their minirg enterprises.
 Ihis vast quantity of newly created wealth would at once enter into the gen. ersl circulation and reach every syeuue ot trade and industry. There is no other kind of enterprise possible that possesses in SO high degree all the ele- ments of quick and general prosperity. The very men who are now by force of stern circumstances compelled to be burden upon the generosity of their friends to a greater or less extent, would become rapid producers, and no idle men would intest our street corners. The erection of smelling works here is a necessity for the very existence of the city. and the sooner the fact is recog- nized by our people. and the want sup. piled, the better it will be for every one.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
TIE Harrison act" of Copsrss. eI.

HE Harrison act" of Congress ex- pressly prohibits any Territory from enacting law creating, increasing or decreasing fees. percentage or allowance of public officers during the term for which they are elected or appointed" The Arizona Legislature whose session expires to-day, has shown 6 wanton dis regard for the congressional restriction act ss whole, and more particularly the paragraph above quoted. It has made special feature of its regulation of the fees and emoluments of all pub lic officers, and apparently not content with the limited field in their jurisdlc- ton they have made liberal donations to certain of the federal officials assigned this Territory. The federal judges were gwen some years ago, as remuneration for necessary travelling expenses ID the discharge of their duties, six hundred dollars per year. The present legisla- ture has doubled that sum, as a sal sry! The United States pays them a handsome salary. and the Territory has just as much right to pay the Surveyor General, the Land officers. the U. 5. Attorney and the Marshal, an additional fat salary as to pay the federal judges anything, let alone the great increase donated them. If they are Territorial officers, the Harrison act prohibits this increase. and If they are not Territorial officers the expense is unwsrrsnted aud should not be allowed. We are moved by no spirit of personal or political mo tives in this matter, but we argue sole ly upon logical grounds of right and jus tice-principles which seem to have been entirely lost sight of by the legis- lative assembly whose cratic career is supposed to end before to-morrow's dawn
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
An Attempt to kil!.

Charley Small arrived in Wilcox last Sunday from New Mexico with some forty hesd of cattle, which were side tracked. Hel0GnGci around to*n filling ID st various FBioonH with that hery fluid known ss tar.ntuls juice, bTt now named cssi-iron elixir. lie finally vis- tied ChIneze hs~h Ecuse. eg;Irg meal without paying f1r i,. The CuInsmsn followed Linn into tbe street. demanding bis pay Small replied, 'come ID and I'll pay you." Qlick as be got m he pulled out hIs revolver and shot at the ChinRman. who escaped getting killed by striking the revolver away, the pow der of which burned his hand. Small was immediately arrested by Constable Wood, and brought here last evening where he wlll stay D jail and sEait the action of the grand jury. On the tram Small attempted to snatch the o11cer revolver. He afterwards told him tha' he was glad he did not get it, foF IT he had be would have killed him
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

THE Star mentions Mir l.. H. Man ming as 8 candidate for the appoint msnt of Register of the U. s. Land Office of this city. In casual review of the material from which the selection will be made, if resident of the Terri tory IS to receive the honor, We can imagine no one more worthy or better qualified than Mir. Manning. He possess es familiarity with official duties. hay Ing been almost bred ID the atmosphere of government red tape. hs has all the natural abilities and is handicapped only bo the sin of youthfulness. He has. nevertheless reached mans estate and possesses capabilities for the dis charge of the duties of that office equal 10 any one who may aspire to the posi- tion, and he is fully deserving of the confidence and trust of the department that controls the position.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

HE profession of the principles of socialism is virtual confession of a lack of that moral sense upon which the structure of good government is found ed. The followers of the socislistic lead CTS are men who openly confess theIr own shiitlessness and indolence by their desire to rob the thrifty and indus trious of the results of their frugslity, They profess the sbhorrence of wealth and yet they are willing to cut throsts or kill with dynamite the human obstacle to their acquisition of money. Give to one of them a steady income sufficient to maintain hIm in luxurious indolence and be immediately experiences 8 change of principles, and is no longer a social list. How it is possible for such an ss- sociBtion to obtain sdherents outside Oi the criminal and tramp classes. is be- yond the comprehension of thoughtful and rational men.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

HE sulden illness and death of the great divine, Rev, Henry Ward Beecher, is acsuse Of sorrow among all the Chris i.sn peop.e of the civilized world, and Tli,e they rec1gnIze the wisdom that gathers h!m into the fold Of eternal rest a' time when hIs temple of good IS so n7sr lss completion, they sorrow for the darkness that will shadow the world When hi- bright lamp of life goes out. Il history his name will go down among il= brightest minds that Time hss pro- dlced, aal the Christian cause be SO h'oiy esp0usei will mourn his loss for s;ei' even though so much O; his good h7,s after him.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

THAT new fraud and the king of ali frauds-the Arkansas grant of eighty million Rcres-seems to have been timed about right to test Commissioner Sparks capacity to "sit down" upon it. If be succeeds, We will call him big man Q broad mRn-"sll wool Rad Q yard wide" AS Sparks flies of the handle, man is prone to err. and when the in- centiye is so eKpsnsively great as this Arkansas error, he is very liable to hire talented assistance to help him prone. The brilliant genius of legal necromsncy will find in this broad field ample room to spread his wings. and one poor, lit- tie, bslligerent and irritable commIs- sioGer, already stiff-joinied with rheu- n stic honesty. will scarcely present an obstacle to the sdroii legerdemRin that will be prao,iced.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

A torpId liver. a stomach out of order digestive apparatus week, and the brain in consequence of these disorders, over sensitive to eIertion, or to any unusal circumstance, and the formula for a "crank" is complete. Ayers Pills will rouse up the liver. regulate the functions of the stomsch and bowels, the tired braln will be relieved, and tie head re- sume its wonted level.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

THERE must be very bad state of tf,irs iu the mills of the democratic ga.- at Prescott that proGp.s the lead iag democratic newspaper In Arizona to eI,,s ID: 1t beyIDs to lo'k ss if there vas DO i1considerable amount o! job t-ry connected with the present Ari- zJae legislature. There are some very E;ig iusinuatious atiost concerning all gluis oi corrupt bargains and trades" ]: 3. only GuosheI demonstration of the eIrrme difficulty experienced in con- s;rac.Ing a silk purse out of swine's e.f.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

~ least one democratic newspaper IS ,, 'sNed to the fate the limitations of and wise congressional enact n.,, .' nave put upon the perpetratIon of uespotism at Prescott. The Tempe ,. says; May the Fourteenth ully .,ay die." This is the prsyerful ,5s f'sSsion of the public generally, with ho, exception ofthe peaceful quali6ca-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

HE Associated Press occasionally dis p'!s a rare degree of polished strategy '- ui7gulsing valuable bit of advertis- 'ls under the mask of news. The news pApef' are filed with the wonderful ','.- oI certain mind reader, telegraph - rom New York, Saturday. and they -1'' no' yet been entirely brought to a -''1alion that they have not only given
 1l'erasIng to a public entertain r s-' but they have paid for the privi- .ess Of doingit.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

lHE .egislators were too economically Looest to hire necessary clerks at five llALrs per day each, to facilitate thelr 04s'ness, but they did not object to the employment of three of q kind, at fifteen u''lars per day each, to perform clerical No'k ID drafting new bills, under the cue ot Code Commissioners. The Eff '7enth Legislative Assembly will doubt ''Ss profit by the example, and give to eAch committee B"coie commissioner. |" The day If the clerk is past.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

TIE ingenuity c; modern inventors IS belng severely taxed in tine production Of effective torpedo boats. but as a sure and terrible engine of explosive de struction the ordinary Mississippi steBm- boat IS sh!l unsurpassed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
One Concressman'. small Outlay.

There is a representative in congress from one of the southern states who manages to live comfortably in Washington at m outlay of not more than Sl. 900 Der annum. He has no family, neither drinks nor uses tobacco in any form, yet he apparently enjoys life in his own way and l. a general fayorite with his congressional associates. He has ueat but not extrayagant apartments in an emf nently respectable section of the city and dresses in good taste. Many of bis compan- ions are very anxious to learn his methods of saving SO much of his salary. but he refraius from giving any advice on the subject, but tells them good naturelly that it is the result of his self control He Is not in any sense miser, but he is about the best specimen of a model moral congressman in existence to- day.-Washington Cor. Baltimore Sun.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

THE Los Angeles Times says "The attention that Is being gwen to sgricnl- ture in Arizona is heu.ihful sign. The Territory cannot live ly mining alone, out the wealth that lies buried in heT soil is greater than that i2 her mineral mouQtains."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

THE Legislature has appointed 8 de- teo,Ive committee to search for the journal of proceedings of the Fourteenth, and rescue them if in danger. They have s convenient method of disguising their footprints on the sands of time.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

IT has been ascertsiled that ear.n- quake waves move wIth a velocity "t five hundred miles on hour. Yankee ingenuity will yet harness them into rapid transit motors. when the occu pa tion of the seismic deity will be gone or rashar Etnlan
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

TIE trial of Goldensou, the murderer of Name Kelly has proceeded ss far as the impsneling of full jury. The AT ghsnistsn troubles 10 which Russia i9 now eng ged may render it necessary to continue the case a year or two longer, m order that witnesses from Cabooi may be summoned.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

,.,,.. 1sht against the Territorial Uni t,lrs " confined solely to the camp io,s,'; 'i' or the democratic party. The bs...t ben' and honorable democrats ,ior ia'or this educational Institu- do 1a. alu only the dregs, whose talents t.n.pire 4'pire beyond a jack pot" ind
 mace to the welfare of ,he public
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

TIE sentiment prevails st Prescott that the deposed officIsls of the abolish ed County Court can collect their full salaries during the entire period for which they were elected.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

THE small po1 has lots of gall to re- main in Los Angeles after having been officially e1punged and drummed out of town by the newspapers. It seems de- ermined to grow up with the country.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

TIE pretty Mise Genevieve is in tear tul perplexity ss to the proper inter pretAtion of her fathers opinion of her new lover. He sternlY remarked that MT. De Styx was 'considerab.e O; 8 iu5e, and a genial fellow to boyi."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

On tho question of introducing the study of English literature side by side with the classics at Oxford, Mir Gladstone express himself as utterly deploring whatever tends to dis place classical education for tho-- in any way capable of rcc-iviUg It, and strongly dis- approving ull efforts in that direction John Bright, on the other hand, teciarss that -the study of tho ancient language, IS nos now essential to education. SD far ns the acquisition Of knowledge is c0nCerue,L'
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

Iris said that the president nomina- fed Trotter as an intimstion that be To- tends to enter the race in the next cam paign. Ia other words he will run Tor nrasldeut
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

SALVATION is sad to be free, but somehow Sam Jones clears from tFn to twenty thousand dollars each month by ,etaiIing it to tue cultured Bostonisns.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

ANY steady reader of the Los Angeles newspapers will admit that the perPe- trstor of the Porcupine has become somstbing of chestnut Bell.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12

SOME people are never satisfied. There are envious persons who are even nov oompla,ning of the unequal distribution of the earthquakes.